[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 747 – Exploration Lifter (TL10)

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2009-02-16

Exploration Lifter v1.0 (TL10)
  Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer

  The Exploration Lifter is used by small scout teams on underdeveloped 
colony worlds. The fusion reactor has enough fuel to power the fans for 
for more than a century, a clear advantage over conventional aircraft.
  With two large pontoons, the Exploration Lifter can land on water and 
dry land. The four seats are arranged in two rows, pilot and copilot in 
front and two observers in the rear. The aircraft carries basic aerial 
mapping sensors, but it is designed for short hops, frequent landings, 
and hands-on surveys.

Subassemblies: Body +4, two Pontoons +3. 
Powertrain: Six 625-kW vectored ducted fans; 4,000-kW fusion reactor; 
  eight 360,000-kWs rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 4 RCS.   Cargo: 60 cf

Armor    F    RL     B     T     U
All:    3/5   3/5   3/5   3/5   3/5

Equipment:
  Body: Two very-long-range radios; medium laser communicator; two 10x 
LLTVs; 50-mile radar; 5-mile multiscanner; low-resolution planetary 
survey array; two flight data recorders; navigation instruments; two 
transponders; inertial navigation system; two global positioning 
systems; two C5 minicomputers; four terminals; compact fire suppression 
system; two 4x1 man-day limited life systems; 4 crashwebs.

Statistics
Size: 24'x12'x8'   Payload: 2,000 lbs.   Lwt.: 10,000 lbs.
Volume: 1,000 cf   Maint.: 26 hours      Price: $594,455

HT: 12.   HPs: 375 Body, 188 each Pontoon

aSpeed: 600   aAccel: 30   aDecel: 14   aMR: 3.5   aSR: 4
Stall Speed 0. Ceiling 12,550 yards.

Design Notes
  Body is 600 cf, with lifting body and very good streamlining. Pontoons 
are 200 cf each. Structure is standard, light. Armor is standard metal. 
Sealed. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 78.83 cf 
empty space. Empty weight is 8,000 lbs. 
  The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third 
printing, January 2007 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume 
rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. 


Next Week: A passenger flyer.